Sublime

“The truth of the Gospel is the principle article of all Christian doctrine. . . . Most necessary is it that we know this article well, teach it to others, and beat it into their heads continually.”14

Concern for Nominal Christians of Specific Types

24 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. 25I became its servant according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

To read Augustine in the twenty-first century is to gain a vantage point that makes all of our freedom look like addiction.

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received (